3 Cities That Are Leading the World in Large-Scale Sustainability

We’ve all visited cities that seemed a snarl of infrastructure with detours, backed-up traffic and crowded, aging downtown areas. Most of these cities originally grew in whatever sprawl seemed sensible at the time. No one dreamed of the vital population, transportation and structural needs facing urban development in the near future.

Today we know that urban planning is an intense and multi-faceted endeavor, necessitating proper civil engineering for sustainability. When professionals with a master of civil engineering look at a city, they include structural engineering, environmental/water resources management and geotechnical stabilization.

Three related components of urban development are essential …read more